Comments on: Strauss quits captaincy, Spencer sacked

By: Greenies

Greenies — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 23:47:22 +0000

Delighted to see foreign coaches given the boot, we dont need them… Plum trees is 1/2 SAfrican having an SA wife so he dont count.
… maybe it all the **** that oozes in SA naturally that these foreign coaches have had enough of. either way great news for the Lions.

By: shooter

shooter — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 10:19:51 +0000

@THE MAULER-4: ok. so you prefer takbaard to takhaar...

By: Beast

Beast — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 08:16:54 +0000

Is Josh starting to develope Luke Watson-syndrome?! Getting a bit too big for the game? Generally I would have accepted him with open arms at the Bulls, but not sure about him these days.

By: Rooibaard2000

Rooibaard2000 — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 07:18:28 +0000

Bloddy=bloody + MH= HM

By: Rooibaard2000

Rooibaard2000 — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 07:17:36 +0000

I would also like to add that I think Josh Strauss is the best bloddy captain out there. the fact that he is stepping down can only mean he is about to leave too. If I were still a supporter I would be devastated, but I am not, so instead I think this is a great move for Josh I just hope he gets a starting spot at a good team and shows MH what a KAAAAAAK choice JP was.

By: Rooibaard2000

Rooibaard2000 — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 06:34:28 +0000

I can’t do it any more.

Sorry but 20 years of unwavering support, in the face of such mediocrity is enough. The GLRU is absolutely wrecked and has been laid waste by naked self-interest. I feel, a bit, for Kev and some of the current boys as they do/ did seem to be trying to sort out this clusterf***, but its not like they were not around when this ship was being holed.

We were always able to find and polish some great talent but ALWAYS lost them and have been in perpetual crisis for a decade now. Enough. Enough. Let the Kings come and let relegation be the hard sharp kick of reality that finally sweeps this mess away. Though I do fervently believe that the Kings inclusion is the thin edge of the political wedge and that SA Rugby will be wounded because of it, I cant justify their exclusion in the face of such crappery from my Lions.

If the GLRU survives and learns from their gross ineptitude, great. If not, well it would hardly be a loss to SA rugby on present performance. I mean EP Rugby Union hardly count and SA rugby is still strong, right?

Man you buggers have broken my once proud Lion Heart. SHAME ON YOU!

By: Nanashi

Nanashi — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 18:18:42 +0000

WP needs to throw all their monetary weight behind Cilliers. Lions can keep Jantjies, WP need to steal Goosen from the Cheetahs. Those 2 plus Schreuder in place of Duvenhage and Province will be unbeatable. Oh, and get Spencer as the backline coach. One can dream can one not?

By: gonzo

gonzo — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 12:33:11 +0000

@Sasuke-37: Not sure if the Blues really need another inexperienced attack-focused coach but Spencer could end up with the Blues with JK. Third in command at the Blues would be better than second at the Lions

By: Johannes Expatinus

Johannes Expatinus — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 11:13:34 +0000

“contracts that states Spencer and Taylor would be released from their contracts if the Lions finished dead last.”

Who in heavens comes up with a clause like this.

Designated for failure

By: KWAGGA ROBERTSE

KWAGGA ROBERTSE — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 10:44:15 +0000

@The Sharks rugby pedigree is packaged by Mad Eye Productions.-42: The Bulls have had the best structure in the country for many years now and have produced and coached/developed some of the finest in the past. They have the money to get the best, and if the best needs to rise above another talented player it only gives a better pool to choose from. The fact that you mention SARU should get involved in spreading the player base is crazy. Bulls have got the money and they are using it wisely. Our friends down in the South.......oooooo fokkit ja. The less said the better.

By: The Sharks rugby pedigree is packaged by Mad Eye Productions.

The Sharks rugby pedigree is packaged by Mad Eye Productions. — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 10:37:02 +0000

@KWAGGA ROBERTSE-41: It's not hard to 'scout' kids who have already played age group level rugby for SA, or SA schools, or have been obviously gifted kids from the time they could walk. It's called: giving them more money than they have ever imagined, more than any other union can offer. What it isn't though, is talent scouting.

By: KWAGGA ROBERTSE

KWAGGA ROBERTSE — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 10:28:00 +0000

@Sasuke-38: Goota move quick these days. Bulls scouts are in top form!!!

By: KWAGGA ROBERTSE

KWAGGA ROBERTSE — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 10:27:18 +0000

@The Sharks rugby pedigree is packaged by Mad Eye Productions.-32: Nou praat jy kak, en baie daarvan.

By: The Sharks rugby pedigree is packaged by Mad Eye Productions.

The Sharks rugby pedigree is packaged by Mad Eye Productions. — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 10:27:02 +0000

@Brigadier Van Zyl-36: How can all those young lads play age group, Vodacom Cup and CC when you have about 7 flyhalves, 20 centres, 50 loose forwards etc etc etc? How many get the chance to play....and how many polish Oom Wynies skoene? This is a nice position for the Bulls to be in, but not so lekker for all the kids involved.

By: Sasuke

Sasuke — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 10:26:46 +0000

Bulls at it again!

The Blue Bulls Rugby Union have pulled off another coup by signing top SA under-20 lock Paul Willemse from the Golden Lions.

By: Sasuke

Sasuke — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 10:23:32 +0000

Spencer come to WP Fleck is clueless.

By: Brigadier Van Zyl

Brigadier Van Zyl — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 09:49:02 +0000

@Tarlo-34: the real issue is that everyone assumes that an u20 player is ready for superrugby and even CC. that is not the case at the bulls. Once in a blue moon is there an u20 who is ready for superrugby. All these youngsters will be playing junior and vodacom cup for the next couple of seasons. Only after that will the bulls determine if they think certain players are good enough to make the senior squad and offer them a contract or send them back to wp.

By: THE MAULER

THE MAULER — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 09:47:03 +0000

Buying Craven week stars doesn’t mean they willake the step up… Hell Marcel never made the KZN craven week team and look at him now… Just about finding the real talent…

By: Tarlo

Tarlo — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 09:35:35 +0000

@Brigadier Van Zyl-33: The Bulls don't force anyone to join them off course, and nobody can force them not to... But I agree, there should be a more even spread of young talent around the country. It isn't typical professional sports behaviour, I know, but it's important to keep smaller teams competitive... That's why the NFL have a draft ssystem whereby the worst team the previous year gets first pick of the new talent. I don't know what can be done to stop the Bulls from luring everyone to them, and professionally there's no reason why they shouldnt but it does suck for SA rugby as a whole... Think about all the young centres they now have! Engelbrecht, Serfontein, Small-Smith, Venter, and those are only the ones I know about!

By: Brigadier Van Zyl

Brigadier Van Zyl — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 08:56:49 +0000

@The Sharks rugby pedigree is packaged by Mad Eye Productions.-32:

what ****.

players choose to go where they want. The Bulls do not force them to go there and this oke is at best 4 years away from springbok callups…..and that is only if he makes the superrugby grade in the first place.

the only word that is out is that the bulls provide a way better structure to play in than other unions. But that secret has been out for quite some time already.